To: Justicar Lucinda
From: Archon Jan Pieterzoon
Subject: Baltimore

   The situation in Baltimore is, to put it mildly, bad.  If I tried to put it any other way, it would take up about half a page,so I won't waste your time.  The Prince's ego will sink us all even as the Sabbat sits outside and laughs.  Add to that two refugee princes, Lady Victoria Ash of Clan Toreador, the anarch presence headed up by the prince's childe Katrina, and the stresses of overpopulation, and that is the situation Archon Bell and myself are facing within the city.  From without, Archbishop Sascha Vykos is personally spearheading the Sabbat initiative to take Baltimore.  An assassination team has already been sent after me, which resulted in the death of my entire staff that had accompanied me, the loss of an entire sugar flat, the concomitant Masquerade cover that had to be done seeing as it landed on a Tzimisce war ghoul, and the rescheduling of a frieghter that had its engine blown out due to the other war ghoul.  Archon Bell fortuitously arrived on the scene in time to keep me from getting exploded by the last member of the pack, a Ventrue defector.  The Sabbat has taken the entire East Coast up to Baltimore, and seem to be working together on an unprecedented scale.  We also have a high-up leak in the council here.  I request permission for Archon Bell and myself to supercede that Council with a course of action they are unaware of.  It involves pulling out of the city and immediately hitting them with building inspections and renovations, using ghouls during the day.  If this is not acceptable, then I would welcome suggestions given our current resources.  I apologize for the for the writing, but this is being written on the back of Archon Bell's motorcycle at approximately 60 mph.
                                                                                       Until next time,

JP